95.3% of residents of Walnut Cove speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (4% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 42% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 31 (2.2%)
(0.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 38.8%Number of people working at home: 8 (1.4% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 466 (84%)

Carpooled: 63 (11%)

Taxi: 1 (0%)

Bicycle: 2 (0%)

Walked: 6 (1%)

Other means: 8 (1%)

Worked at home: 8 (1%)

First ancestries reported:

United States or American: 232

Other groups: 226

English: 125

German: 108

Scotch-Irish: 37

Irish: 36

Subsaharan African:: 28

African: 28

French (except Basque): 24

Albanian: 23

Scottish: 21

Dutch: 15

European: 12

Canadian: 8

Italian: 6

Australian: 2

Polish: 2

Slavic: 2

Welsh: 2

Czech: 1

Arab:: 1

Danish: 1

Hungarian: 1

Arab/Arabic: 1

Norwegian: 1

Swedish: 1

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

48%Yugoslavia

26%Other Eastern Europe

10%Canada

6%China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan

6%Guatemala

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 1,092

Northeast: 68

Midwest: 45

South: 171

West: 11

55% of Walnut Cove residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in North Carolina.